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Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney Follow Carl Sandburg knew her as his patient next door neighbor--the old woman with grey hair, unphased by the noise the neighborhood boys made while playing street ball.
Dec 2, 2003 · Poem: "Little Things," by Julia A. Carney. Little Things Little drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the might ocean And the beauteous land. And the little moments, Humble though they be, Make the mighty ages Of eternity. So our little errors Lead the soul away, From the paths of virtue Into sin to stray. Little deeds of kindness,
Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney (6 April 1823 - 1 November 1908), amuru Julia Fletcher, bụ onye America Universalist onye nkuzi na onye na-ede uri, onye malitere ibipụta ọrụ ya mgbe ọ dị afọ 14, onye mechara dee n'okpuru aha ụgha dị iche iche.
Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney was an American poet and teacher of the 19th century who wrote under a number of pseudonyms including “Sadie Sensible” and “Minnie May”. Much of her work was religiously-themed and her words were often set to music and sung as hymns.
When this Dictionary came into circulation in America, in 1892, the authorship of this hymn was claimed by Mrs. Julia A. Carney (q.v.) as against Dr. Brewer. After prolonged searching and correspondence we find that a hymn by Mrs. Carney was printed in a Header published for use in the Boston Primary Schools, U.S.A., in 1845.
Feb 10, 2022 · By Julia Fletcher Carney Little drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean And the pleasant land. Thus the little minutes, Humble though they be, Make the mighty ages Of eternity.
It is there given as by "Miss Fletcher," a writer to us otherwise unknown. It is in the awkward metre of 7.6.8.6.8.6.8.6. As usually found in modern American hymnbooks it is in CM. as given in H. W. Beecher's Plymouth Collection , 1855, No. 1062, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines; but sometimes with the omission of stanza iii.
